[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR1214.109]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1214_SPACE FLIGHT--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart 1214.1_General Provisions Regarding Space Shuttle Flights of 

        Payloads for Non-U.S. Government, Reimbursable Customers

 

Sec. 1214.109  Scheduling.



    (a) Establishment of a launch date. (1) NASA will assign a tentative 

launch date for a payload only after NASA's receipt, review and 

acceptance of a customer-submitted NASA Form 1628 requesting flight 

assignment and NASA's receipt of the customer's earnest money.

    (2) NASA's confirmation of a particular launch date will be at the 

time a launch services agreement is signed, normally not later than 36 

months prior to the desired launch date.

    (b) NASA changes to launch date. NASA will attempt to maintain the 

customer's launch date as long as the customer's obligations, as 

established by NASA, are met. However, NASA may revise the launch date 

under those circumstances contained in the launch agreement. If 

practical, NASA launch date changes will be in consultation



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with the customer; however, NASA reserves the unilateral right to make 

decisions with regard to launch schedules.

    (c) Payload delivery. NASA, in consultation with the customer, will 

establish a date for payload delivery to the launch site.

    (d) Reflight scheduling. NASA will attempt to schedule a payload 

reflight at the earliest opportunity, but normally no earlier than 14 

months after a determination is made that a customer is entitled to, and 

in fact requests a reflight.